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Installation Manual
Model M6400, M6800
THE DIRECTOR
™
Rear Panel
ground hum, try the other two settings
for the best operation. For safety, the
chassis is always connected to the
earth ground regardless of the switch
setting.
5 . Ethernet LAN Port
– This standard
port allows The Director to be connect-
ed to a 10BaseT network via CAT5 ca-
bling. The unit can then be controlled
using its internal web server, acces-
sible through standard and popular
(and some unpopular) web browsers.
No external software is required to
run The Director. See the section on
Internet Connectivity and Control for
detailed information.
6 . Disable Front Panel LED Ladders
–
The front panel LED ladders show the
output levels of each zone. If this is
distracting, or your pets or children
keep getting hypnotized, press this
switch in to turn off the LED ladders.
This switch does not affect the Power,
Protection, or Zone Status LEDs.
7 . Master Reset
– If things are not going
well, for example you are unable to
communicate with The Director, press
and hold down this button for more
than 3 seconds. This will reset the in-
ternal Ethernet settings and other odd
things, and hopefully lead you along
the pathway to Ethernet communica-
tions once again. Warning: Do not do
this while turning on the power switch,
because all flash memory will be
erased, and the milk in your fridge will
go bad. In this case you will have to go
to the store and get more milk, and
inquire from our fine lads in technical
support about the latest firmware file.
8 . Master Trigger
– If you are not using
the Ethernet connection to turn the
unit on, then you can use the TS 1/8”
connectors or the 3-pin block connec-
tor to turn on the unit or place it into
standby mode. Any one of these three
connections can be used as a trigger
input. For example, you could have
an external device such as one of our
glorious AudioControl home theater
receivers, turn on The Director when it
is turned on.
If you are not using the Ethernet
connection to turn on The Director,
and there is no trigger voltage present
at any of these trigger inputs, then the
unit will be in standby, with all zones
muted.
LED indicator
– This LED is blue when
the master trigger input is active, and
off when it is inactive.
Digital Inputs/Outputs
9 . Digital Inputs
– There are coaxial and
optical digital inputs for A and B.
The digital signals are transferred
directly to the advanced DSP section,
and are then available to any zone or
all zones at the same time. The digital
inputs are selected for any or all zones
using The Director’s web page inter-
face.
The Signal Present LEDs light when-
ever a digital input signal is present at
the A or B inputs.
10 . Digital Outputs
– These S/PDIF digital
outputs use standard RCA coaxial
connectors.
The digital signals from each of these
outputs can be a copy of any zone’s
input pair (converted internally from
analog to digital), or a copy of the
digital inputs A or B. This is selectable
using The Director’s web page inter-
face. For an example, this output can
be sent to the digital inputs of another
Director M6400 or M6800 unit.
The Zone Status LEDs alight with joy
whenever the digital output is active.
